Total Crime Rate

80.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Instone Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 307th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Instone Road (B63 4SA) in the last 12 months was 80.7 per 1,000 residents and was 13.1% lower than the Belle Vale average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Instone Road (B63 4SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Windsor Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Instone Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavalier Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wall Well Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Honeybourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broome Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Honeybourne Close —
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Data Sources

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